The _________________ of Duccio’s representation of the Raising of Lazarus (Fig.
18-11) contrasts with Giotto’s portrayal of the same subject.
A. simplification to only a few characters
B. expressive gestures and charged glances
C. monumentality of the figures
D. the majestic architecture
Why did Mexican muralists employ naturalism in the works they produced for public
buildings?
A. It symbolized the historical status of Western culture.
B. The government felt the public could not comprehend abstract art.
C. They wanted to reference Native American traditions.
D. European modernism did not impact Mexico until the mid-twentieth century.
Alfred Stieglitz was the chief proponent of European Modern art in __________.
A. Mexico
B. Japan
C. America
D. Canada
The __________ family, two brothers and a cousin, founded an art academy in
Bologna.
A. Cortona
B. Tassi
C. Borromini
D. Carracci
What painting characteristic of the juste-milieu style of art so captivated Napoleon III
that he purchased it for his private collection?
A. Manet’s Olympia (Fig. 31-18)
B. Cabanel’s The Birth of Venus (Fig. 31-4)
C. Rude’s The Dance (Fig. 31-5)
D. Whistler’s Nocturne in Black and Gold (Fig. 31-27)
What architectural feature of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Pisa is
distinctive of Tuscan churches?
A. the dome at the crossing
B. the marble facing of the exterior
C. the campanile
D. the long nave with double side aisles
Gricault painted __________ to expose incompetence, an aim that deviated from
typical history paintings.
A. The Death of Benjamin West
B. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
C. The Signboard of Gersaint
D. The Raft of the Medusa
The paintings in House of the Vetii (Fig. 6-29) ________________.
A. depict a continuous narrative around the entire room
B. resemble framed pictures hung on the wall
C. exemplify the Roman tradition of still life painting
D. are unusual since most homes relied on mosaics for decoration
The __________ sacked and burned the Benin Royal Palace in 1897.
A. Chinese
B. British
C. Swiss
D. Russians
What feature(s) do Greek kouroi and standing figures in Egyptian art have in common?
A. full nudity
B. the Archaic smile
C. a rigid, upright stance
D. all of the above
Which of the following was typically done by men in the Great Plains?
A. basketry
B. painting on buffalo-hide
C. quillwork
D. all of the above
A major aim of first-generation feminist artists was _______________.
A. increasing recognition for women’s artistic accomplishments and practices
B. deconstructing the art historical canon by exposing patriarchal biases in society
C. challenging traditional gender divisions through postmodern strategies
D. all of the above
The Canon for constructing the ideal human figure was developed about 450 BCE by
__________ of Argos.
A. Epigonos
B. Pheidias
C. Praxiteles
D. Polykleitos
In China, calligraphy is closely related to the art of painting and considered
______________.
A. a source of meditation and spiritual renewal
B. an expression of moral values and philosophical beliefs
C. a reflection of the writer’s character
D. a necessary requirement to attain enlightenment
The timber churches that survive in rural Norway are called __________ churches,
from the four huge staffs that form their structural core.
A. post
B. stanchion
C. stave
D. frame
Cycladic sculptors created marble statues of nude women that ALL ______________
A. are the same size
B. depict nude women
C. conform to the same design system
D. were found in graves
Standing figures in Egyptian art are typically shown __________.
A. nude
B. striding
C. in profile
D. with their arms raised
_____________ made a series of objects combining painting and sculpture called
combines.
A. Allan Kaprow
B. Robert Rauschenberg
C. Andy Warhol
D. Nam June Paik
In contrast to Greek architectural sculpture, Etruscans decorated the ____________ of
their temples.
A. porch
B. pediment
C. roof
D. side walls
Rosalba Carriera specialized in painting portraits with __________.
A. ink
B. acrylic
C. pastels
D. wood
Picasso became of the first artists to appropriate _____________ art.
A. Paleolithic
B. Native American
C. medieval
D. African
__________, a pre-eminent professional painter in the Ming period, produced the
influential handscroll Spring Dawn in the Han Palace (Fig. 25-6).
A. Guan Zhou
B. Zhao Mengfu
C. Qiu Ying
D. Dai Jin
In the Lion Capital from Sarnath (Fig. 10-6), the animals represent the __________ of
the world mentioned in Buddhist creation myths.
A. four great rulers
B. four great temples of Sarnath
C. four Buddhas of the earth
D. four great rivers
The ___________ at Teotihuacan is built over a multi-chambered cave with a spring,
which may have been the original focus of worship at the site.
A. Pyramid of the Sun
B. Pyramid of the Moon
C. Temple of the Inscriptions
D. Avenue of the Dead
The Doors of Bishop Bernward in Hildesheim (Fig. 15-25) are notable as the most
complex __________ since antiquity.
A. iconographic program
B. bronze-casting project
C. use of narrative sculpture relief
D. none of the above
Characterized by ____________, portraits of the Emperor Caracalla reflect the
changing character of Imperial rule.
A. his jovial and relaxed appearance
B. his intense, fierce expression
C. idealized youthful features
D. a radical hard style of geometricized abstraction
The text explains that Minimalist art is best understood when considered
________________
A. in photographic reproductions
B. in a gallery or museum context
C. alongside the artists’ written manifestoes
D. from a distance
The Dogon people are located in what country in west Africa?
A. Mali
B. Nigeria
C. Kenya
D. Angola
Justinian sponsored the reconstruction of the monastery of _____________, which was
a popular pilgrimage destination.
A. St. Catherine at Mount Sinai
B. Santa Sophia in Kiev
C. Hagios Georgios
D. St. Mark’s in Venice
Vige-Lebrun was elected to one of the four places in the French __________ available
to women.
A. Parliament
B. Aristocracy
C. Guild
D. Academy
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Pueblo kivas?
A. They were the site of religious ritual and initiation.
B. They have a dome-like roof made of interlocking pine logs.
C. A central hole in the roof admits a shaft of light on summer solstice.
D. An indentation on the floor recalls the culture’s mythic origins.